Popular Entertainment Flashcards
1
Q
music industry:
Nickelodeon
A
- theatre
- 5 cents a ticket
2
Q
music industry:
number of cinemas
A
- 1910: 8000 cinemas in America
1930: 303000 cinemas in America
3
Q
music industry:
New York theatre
A
Roxy Theatre:
- nearly 600 seats
- golden auditorium
- lavish seats
4
Q
music industry:
first movie with sound
A
- The Jazz Singer
- starring Al Jolson
- made with a vitaphone
- voted best film by American Film Institute
5
Q
music industry:
Walt Disney
A
- founded 1928
- best known for Mickey Mouse
6
Q
Charlie Chaplin
A
- comedy
- refused to move to sound films
- ‘City Lights’
7
Q
Buster Keaton
A
- romance
- magic
- good-looking
- ‘Sherlock Jr’
8
Q
Clara Bow
A
- flapper
- seen as a sex symbol
- romantic comedies
- ‘The It Girl’
- appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies
9
Q
Douglas Fairbanks
A
- colour films (groundbreaking)
- action/adventure
- props and tricks
10
Q
music industry:
Hays Code
A
- no on-screen nudity
- screen kisses can’t last longer than 10 seconds
- adultery must not be presented as attractive
11
Q
music industry:
Hollywood
A
- before was based in East Coast
- first film made was ‘The Squaw Man’
- ## Warner Brothers Pictures
12
Q
music industry:
jazz origination
A
- slaves
- rhythms of Africa
- cheap instruments
- unusual combinations
13
Q
music industry:
radios
A
- 600 radio stations in USA
- 40% of homes had a radio set
14
Q
music industry:
Cotton Club
A
- Harlem, New York
- Al Capone visited frequently
- speakeasy
15
Q
music industry:
dances
A
- Charleston
- Lindsay Hop
- shocked older generations
